Victim’s father leaps across Ohio courtroom to attack convicted killer

The father of a murder victim leaped across an Ohio courtroom on Thursday (June 2) to attack Michael Madison, a man convicted of murdering three women and keeping their bodies wrapped in plastic as trophies. Madison was sentenced to death by an Ohio county judge.

A jury earlier this month unanimously recommended the death penalty for Madison, 38, after his conviction on May 5 in the murders of Shetisha Sheeley, 28; Angela Deskins, 38, and Shirellda Terry, 18.

In addition to aggravated murder, he was convicted on additional counts, including rape, kidnapping and gross abuse of a corpse, and was ruled a violent sexual predator.

East Cleveland police found the first of the three women in July 2013 after receiving a complaint about foul odors coming from a garage behind Madison’s apartment.

The bodies of two more women were discovered nearby the next day. Madison was arrested at his mother’s Cleveland home after a two-hour standoff with police.

After Madison was sentenced by Cuyahoga County Judge Nancy McDonnell, Terry’s father, Van Terry, ran toward the convict and lunged at him.